HartBeat Ensemble creates original, professional theater based on stories from our community. Through Mainstage plays, Open-Air performances and Education programs, we make theater accessible beyond the barriers of class, race and gender.

HartBeat was created in 2001 by Co-Founding Artistic Directors Julia Rosenblatt, Greg Tate, and Steve Ginsburg. We are known for our original Mainstage plays such as "Ebeneeza-- A Hartford Holiday Carol," and our summer series Plays in the Parks, which tours Hartford parks each July.